Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Peanut Butter Pie

• Ok, well, first of all, don’t screw up the crust like I did. The recipe calls for 2 cups of “sandwich cookie crumbs” 1/4 cup of crushed peanuts and 2 TBS of butter. I used about 2.5 cups of chocolate graham cracker crumbs and ½ stick of melted butter and the crust was still ridiculously dry and crumbly. Fool around with it until you get it to the right consistency. You’re smart people. (I did not add the peanuts to the crust, nor did I garnish with peanuts, because that is not my thing.)• When it says chill for 4-6 hours, they mean it. We ate some of this after dinner on Sunday after it had chilled for maybe, 3 hours. We were both kind of like, “meh…it’s ok”. But on Monday, after it had been in the fridge all night, it was good.• Don’t send a huge slab of it over to your BIL’s house so that it is out of your sight. You will regret it and contemplate driving over and stealing it from his fridge.• Buy some extra heavy cream. You can use it in your coffee later. Yum.

Crust:1. Mix cookie crumbs, butter, sugar and ¼ cup of peanuts and press in to 10-inch spring form pan. Bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes and let cool.

Filling1. Whip 1 3/4 cups heavy cream in chilled bowl until thick and set aside2. Mix peanut butter and cream cheese until well blended. Add vanilla extract and powdered sugar in batches. 3. Fold cream in to peanut butter mixture until well blended4. spoon and spread in to crust and chill 2-3 hours

Topping1. Bring remaining ¼ cup heavy cream and ¼ cup sugar to a simmer. Remove from heat and stir in chocolate chips until melted and well blended.2. spoon over top of dessert and garnish with remaining peanuts 3. chill for at least 4 hours.

About Me

I am a mom to 3 children known on this blog as Bud who is 8, Lucy who is 6, and Olivia who is 3. Their names aren’t really a secret though--I just don't like them to be searchable; if you want to know just ask. I’ve been married to my high school sweetheart, Hub, since 2002. This doesn’t seem like a big deal because we met on the school bus in 1994 and have been together ever since. I am lucky enough to work from home in risk management and oversight for a major corporation. I consider it a victory when I have showered by noon (SPOILER: The victories are few). If I find myself with some free time, I enjoy reading, cooking and gardening but usually, I choose sleep over any of them. I love getting your comments, and I also love email. You can email me any time at incubationnation *at* gmail *dot* com.

Saly's 2012 Bucket List

• Complete C25K • At least consider running a 5k • Redesign my blog and the header • Add a second blog to talk about my fitness, weight loss and eating • Start that coffee blog I keep talking about • Take a weekend trip without Hub or the kids • Take Lucy to the hobby shop and let her pick out whatever she wants • Make a scrapbook with Lucy • Start building the doll house that Hub bought me in 1999 • Take Liv on her own girls’ night…no sisters allowed • Buy some cute earrings and actually wear them • Curl my hair • Have my eyebrows threaded • Dabble in making my own cards WITHOUT the help and templates of an instructor • Have at least 4 Bud and Mom dates • Do something fun with my hair (spunky color or a feather etc.) • Wear makeup when leaving the house at least 10 times • Take my mother out to lunch • Go sledding—and not be a worrywart the whole time • Take the kids to the beach, even if Hub won’t go. • Take Liv to the bounce place • Camp with the kids in the back yard • Tile the backsplash in the kitchen • Let each kid help me cook when they ask • Get a monthly pedicure when the weather warms up • Figure out how to get all of our old photos scanned for a reasonable price, and actually do it • Have a kick ass 10th wedding anniversary • Do an overnight trip with my mom and the girls • Make my own laundry detergent • Send cards to people, just because • Tell my parents and my brothers that I love them (we are not touchy feely emotion type people) • Get on board with Hub’s plan to write a will and plan our burial (blech blech blech hate this one) • Take more pictures • Read more books • Ask Hub’s grandma to teach me how to knit, and follow through on it